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It's strawberry fields time out east

Originally published: June 6, 2011 12:46 PM
Updated: June 9, 2011 1:52 PM
By SYLVIA E. KING-COHEN  sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday | Strawberry picking at Harbes Family Farm on Sound Avenue in Mattituck. (June 2007)

There's not much that beats the taste of a ripe, sun-warmed strawberry -- unless you've got a whole quart of them. This is the time when Long Island farmers open their fields to customers to pick their berries. Here's what you need to know to make your outings fun and fruitful.

 WHEN TO GO

Long Island's colder, wetter spring means slow picking for strawberry lovers this year.

"We...